The Best 20 Tactical Rifles

That Mark V is one of our timeless bolt-action designs when Rory Weatherby made. What if his favorite calibers for? It was the 257 Weatherby well knew. This year is the Oh royal and it's a Mark 5 chambered in none other than the 257.

It is the quintessential open country flat shooting rifle. I go to grab a gun to go mule deer hunting. I reflexively go after my 257. It is just about the perfect cartridge for that type of hunting and really for any type of big game hunting. It's extremely capable. This configuration right here with this new camel pattern.

The CEREC coated metal work on this. It's as relevant today as it was decades ago at the range here. This gun has been performing admirably. It particularly likes the 90 grain gmx bullets. One heck of a hunting bullet. One heck of a hunting rifle. You pair these things together. You will be hard-pressed to find anything that's flatter shooting or harder hitting for long range open country gear hunting.

I'm Tim Brampton here at the Wetherby booth shot show 2014. When I've got here to show. You is our new mark 5 tara mark RC stands for range certified. That means we guarantee. This going to shoot sub mla. They come to the factory shot target giving you. All the load information. We shot the gun at our factory the target actually comes signed by Ed Weatherby so. It makes for cool keepsake as well so as. You can see here the gun has been sarah coded flat darker. Now we've spun off sarah coating on the bolt body. And the barrel leaving. Both the flutes in the bolt body. And the barrel Sarah Conan so it's pretty corrosion resistant barrel stainless steel 26 inch. You get a one of the real big boomers like 3378 three lap Allah. Something like it will come standard with. One of our a key breaks extending the barrel length to 28 inches. Now the stock is our desert camo finish on. It is a full aluminum betting block in the barrel is free floating gun retails depending on caliber being twenty-eight hundred.

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Hey there CC Ryder here today young we'll be reviewing a Weatherby mark 5 the specific models in 30 out 6. Iwas using this rifle to demonstrate the bore sighter. Ijust reviewed not figured well. You know as long as. Iwould give you a review of. This classic rifle here it's a beautiful looking rifle I'll go over the specifics in a minute. And first I'll give. You a little bit of history I'm not going to go into a lot of detail about. And their origins you can there's people have done better jobs. Iwill do and different websites. You can look it up on but kind of brief history Roy Weatherby was back in the 40s the 1940s was a. What they called a wildcatter which is a term for guys. It will take existing cartridges. And modify them in some way shape. Or form to get what they think is a better performance out of them anyway Roy was a wildcatter experimenting with heavy Magnum loads. He was doing he also had to design action. That would handle these heavy powerful magnet loads Roy's theory was at the time. When Roy started the thinking was slower heavier bullets were the way to go. And Roy's theory was lighter weight bullets traveling at extreme high velocity was the way to get a better. More ethical kill on a big game especially. He was a he was a big big game hunter anyway so. He started out the 1940s. Some experimenting work on different actions. And different cartridges.

And develop his own proprietary Weatherby Magnum cartridges. All culminated in 1957 with the mark 5 the classic mark 5. You see here not one of course but culminated in the mark 5 action there their slogan is its the world's strongest bolt-action rifle. You know it's its definitely got had. Some very innovative features for the time. It still got a lot of very nice features. This like this specific model is in 306 the weather. We first came out with the 306 version in 1967 a little bit history on the manufacturing like said Roy started out doing his own thing he was kind of amateur. That got more popular with hunters. And originally he was doing stuff out of his own shop. And in South Gate California got so busy. He moved his manufacturing overseas to West Germany at a sour manufacturing plant. Where the weather rifles were manufactured from the 60s to early late 70s early 80s. And then production moved to oversee moved to Japan.

And was manufactured by the whole corporation. And that's they stayed there until the mid-1990s. When production at least to the mark five at least production moved back to the United States so that's kind of brief history of the Wetherby rifle. Now since they've moved back. They started making different models other. Though in the mark-5 like the vanguard. And other models like. This but let's go over. Some specifics of the Weatherby mark 5 the LexA. One is a 90 mid 1980s for a vintage. You can see it's already been safety-checked but the. One thing is just kind of start from the action here Weatherby has. What they call a low angle. Or a low lift bolt this up to 454 degrees only. And the purpose behind. That was you don't have to lift. All the way up and have.

It interferes with the with your scope before. You can release the bolt. And didn't wrap your knuckles on the scope. It wasn't as much of a lip so. He could go for faster follow-up shots in the way the bolt angle is a 54 degree bolt angle. And in a second here I'll take the bolt out but. One of the things that made Weathers action so strong is first of. All around the receiver here there're three rings of steel surrounding the case head the bolt has three sets of three locking lugs. That was from the original. It may not necessarily be needed for a 306. And as a matter of fact today's in today's mark 5s in 30 aughts in the 36 caliber. Some other non Magnum calibers. They don't have the three sets of three. They have three sets of two. It is uh, but they don't have in three sets of three but anyway you've got three sets of three locking lugs you've got the bolt is ported here so in case there's a blown primer.

Or a ruptured case head which was in today. You know it may not be as critical but back in those days. They were using these wildcat loads. And experimental loads. And hand loading and. This stuff things weren't as it's precise. Or as regulated as a. He wanted to make sure. It was absolutely the strongest. And the safest he could design so. These the ports here the two poured out the gas. Something go wrong there the bolt is fluted to cut down on. Some weight the way the safety works is. When the safety is on hard to do backwards here but. When the safety is on. It locks the bolt so. It disengages the trigger can pull the trigger. It locks the bolt and in a second I'll try to get a close-up here of.

It is cocked it has a visual cocking indicator here. This little piece sticks out. That way you can look down. And know that the rifle has been cocked the wood the stock isn't is a beautiful walnut beautifully grained walnut stock in. We make smart is indifferent. This would probably call the Wetherby deluxe. Something like that but at the time. One was made and up until. They moved back this is the only way. They made them but the stock is a nice hottie figured walnut stock with fine checkering on. Both the pistol grip. And the four grit and therefore end here the four end cap here in the pistol grip cap. Or rosewood with maple wood spacers of course the barrel is a bleed barrel like. Now with their newer. They have some newer styles out with composite stocks. And camo stocks. That but this was the at the time. This was the classic hunting rifle so the bottom of the but the stock is flat so. You can get a nice rest. And nice steady arrest.

When you're aiming at. Something this design here is what's called a floor plate design. It doesn't have a magazine. You can detach it's got a floor plate design here. We just release the trapdoor down here. You can unload your ammo. You can see it's not supposed to do. This like this is a 30-year-old rifle but then. You take your ammo out from the bottom instead of having to work the action to unload. It that's the kind of the only thing other. Than other, I really that's the only thing I would say. Idon't necessarily say. Idislike about the rifle it's just. This floor plate design. And you're trying and you're in a high tripod stand. Something and you're trying to unload the right before. You crawl down you sometimes might drop your ammo out. All over them all over the place but that's not it's not.

That big of a deal this classic style of. Then having detachable box magazine but that's your floor plate there too to unload well that's been my review of the Weatherby mark-5 of the classic version of the mark-5 anyway. Ihope you've enjoyed. Some useful information out of. You have any questions. Or comments just let. Me know I'll help some shooting video to include. Or to share with me shooting this. Ihadn't I really wasn't planning on doing a review of. This rifle, so I don't know I'll have to look through my videos. If I've got anything I do know. Ido know I have a. Some rock shooting video of. While back one of my sons. Iwere out haul gun. Nothing was showing up so. Some rocks instead but so. All else fails least I'll put. Some meat kill on the rock with. It but anyway it's a CC writer. This has been my review of the Wetherby mark 5 thanks for watching you. Nothing we're showing up so. Some rocks but anyway.